jano calligraphy

I saw this quote on the t-shirt of a friend last summer, whose father teaches how to build wooden boats at the WoodenBoat School in Maine. No joke. SO COOL. Bundìn er bàtlaus mađur (Bound is boatless man) is a Norwegian (Viking) expression. Awesome or what.

Below is my first illustration and calligraphy in Engrosser’s Script.

I made a larger painting for the BF for his 30th birthday. The quote was done by using a pointed pen and dipping in masking gum to write the words. Then I waited for it to dry, watercolor painted over it, and afterwards rubbed off the masking gum. Voilà!

A personalized card as a note of encouragement to a child suffering from serious illness.

Send your note to:

Cards for Hospitalized Kids  6567 N. Olmsted  Chicago, IL 60631

Following the awesome Lindsey Bugbee AKA the postman’s knock’s How to Draw Lace tutorial, spent a couple hours creating this custom envelope for my sister’s birthday note back in October. Upon receiving the envelope, she at first thought I bought it, and wondered how it was so customized to a 25-year-old little sister haha. Best compliment ever.

And this, explains how I’ve developed a passion for calligraphy, art, surfing, tennis, swimming, running, Ashtanga yoga, cooking, being in nature, traveling, and so much more.

Using the Heartwell font introduced by Teela Cunningham’s Skillshare course, Waterbrush Lettering Essentials, and my art deco font.

Finish (the amazing) Connie Chen’s Bettering Our Lettering Online Course by the first week of December. I would totally recommend this course for building a solid foundation for Engrosser’s Script.

No $ for Christmas presents so planning to send out as many handmade holiday cards as I can with brush lettering and dip ink calligraphy.

Improve on photoshop and illustrator skills for creating digital designs for wedding calligraphy.

Watercolor! Some trees, leaves, houses and shit. My friend Anita wants me to paint some nice trees we saw in a magazine (image below) for her dining room lol. Looking forward to testing this out. 

Make Jano Caligraphy more legit - semi-urgent steps are incorporate the business and create a logo. Order a cute embossed stamp from that logo.

Draw more with oblique/straight nib pen, such as the Bird + Koi from this blog post, and practice/incorporate flourishing.

All the Skillshare courses on sketching, painting, lettering, photography, etc. that I’ve saved. Message me if you want recommendations.

As always, so much to do, so little time. Just gotta make that time, just gotta show up.

Putting a twist to “put a bird on it.” Maybe koi fish will become the next hipster icon ;)